AI and Psychology Research with Labvanced
As artificial intelligence reshapes the 21st century, studying its influence on human psychology and decision-making is becoming increasingly vital for researchers. Labvanced empowers this new area of inquiry by allowing you to easily integrate AI features into your tasks without writing any code. Crucially, these tools are consolidated in a single tab for full experimental control, giving you a centralized command center to manage generation, real-time analysis, and study logic while researching the impact of AI on human behavior.
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ChatGPT and Psychology Research
Text-generation in Labvanced, powered by integrations with OpenAI, allows researchers to create dynamic and highly interactive experimental designs. Instead of relying on static lists of pre-written stimuli, studies can generate unique text scenarios, conversation responses, or narrative variations in real-time based on participant input. Furthermore, this also opens the door to running analysis in real-time and then further specifying experimental flow based on OpenAI's input.
This capability is particularly valuable for linguistics and social psychology research, enabling the creation of realistic chatbots, Turing tests, and adaptive reading tasks that provide a more immersive and personalized participant experience.
Below is a simple example of a simple set-up for ChatGPT research where a participant types in a prompt and automatically gets an answer from ChatGPT on their screen.
The participant can communicate with ChatGPT in real-time. You can use this template as the basis of the chat and modify it according to your needs.
Note: For this particular demo, the token length (ie. the length of the response) is set to 100 and the temperature (ie. creativity) is set to 1. This can be adjusted under the Study Settings.
Image Generation
AI-powered image generation in Labvanced extends beyond simple stimulus creation to enable participant-led visual synthesis, transforming subjects from passive observers into active creators.
Researchers can design interactive tasks where participants generate their own images via text prompts, allowing for deep investigation into creativity, human-AI interaction, and semantic-to-visual translation.
By capturing both the participant's prompt strategies and the resulting visual output in real-time, the platform facilitates novel experimental paradigms—such as communication games or imagination assessments—where the focus shifts to how individuals conceptualize and construct visual information.
In this demo, the participant types text into an input object which is then sent to OpenAI for image generation. The created images are saved in files and can be accessed by the researcher.
Note: A loading sign is added for effect because image generation always takes time due to its computational needs.
Audio Generation
Transform the auditory dimension of your research with Labvanced’s seamless text-to-speech integration. Powered by OpenAI, this feature allows you to instantly convert written text into high-fidelity, lifelike speech without the need for voice actors or recording equipment. You gain full creative control: choose from a diverse range of vocal personas and specify exact delivery instructions—like a "neutral, calm tone"—to ensure perfect consistency across trials.
Beyond simple narration, you can create deeply interactive experiences by linking participant input directly to the audio engine, allowing your study to "speak" their typed words back to them in real-time. Whether for reading comprehension tasks, linguistic studies, or accessibility features, generating professional-grade audio is now just a click away.
In this demo, the participant is presented with a paragraph about photosynthesis and then a multiple choice question. There are 5 questions in total. The paragraph is read out loud by an AI-generated voice in real-time.
Note: Refer to the events in this demo to see how study-specific text from a data frame can be read out loud via OpenAI.
Research Conducted with Labvanced: Use Cases
Below are a few examples research that is being conducted with Labvanced utilizing generative AI, as well as an example of a study that focused on human-AI perception.
The Use for AI by Teachers and Lecturers for the Preparation of Learning Materials
For this research project, the goal was to understand how teachers and lecturers use AI to prepare learning and instructional materials. The main premise was the determine the speed, efficiency, and depth of teaching scenarios using AI and what one must be careful or mindful about when leveraging it as a tool.
The Use of AI for Ideation
For this study, researchers wanted to assess how AI can help to create new ideas, such as product names, logos, etc.
This study and the one above are still in the process of being finalized and published (we all know that takes time).
Impact of AI on Decision Making - Pharmaceutical
In this study assessing human-AI perception, researchers presented images of medicine as well as AI-generated confidence probability plots and asked pharmacists to use them as guidance for decision making in a medicine verification task.
This was combined with Labvanced’s peer-reviewed webcam eye tracking, in order to determine how attention and fixation shifted given the presentation of various AI-driven insights.
Documentation and Open Materials
ChatGPT Walkthrough
A step-by-step walkthrough explaning how the chatbox and events are created for a ChatGPT-based study and the required logic for such a setup.
OpenAI Trigger
Detailed overview of the OpenAI Trigger in Labvanced and the options available. This trigger can initiate an action based on incoming information from OpenAI.
Send to OpenAI Action
This action allows you to send information, such as a string input value, to OpenAI. The input can then be used to generate text, images or audio.
Opportunities for AI in Psychology Research
This new field, where psychology research and AI intersect, is opening new doors for discovery and opportunities for researchers. Chances are that new opportunities, in the form of career positions, grant opportunities and such will be created in order to better understand the impact of AI in psychology.
Whether you are interested in leveraging AI in real-time or presenting stimuli and asking participants to judge authenticity or interpret the results, Labvanced can be a powerful app to advance your research. By utilizing Labvanced and studying AI, you can be a step ahead of shaping this new and exciting field.
